Read the full exchange between Mercedes, Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton as they imposed team orders, plus lots more from the team radios in Sunday’s race.
2018 Russian Grand Prix articles archive
2018 Russian Grand Prix articles.
Top ten pictures from the 2018 Russian Grand Prix
F1 Pictures
Posted onTen of the best pictures which tell the story of the 2018 Russian Grand Prix weekend.
2018 Russian Grand Prix Star Performers
2018 Russian Grand Prix
Posted onMax Verstappen, Charles Leclerc and Valtteri Bottas were RaceFans’ Star Performers of the Russian Grand Prix. Here’s why.
Toro Rosso drivers suspect brake failure behind double retirement
2018 Russian Grand Prix
Posted onBrendon Hartley and Pierre Gasly suspect their near-identical spins and early retirements from the Russian Grand Prix were caused by a front brake fault.
Verstappen did 2018’s best recovery drive yet – in eight laps
2018 Russian Grand Prix stats and facts
Posted onMax Verstappen finished 14 places higher than he started in Russia – the biggest gain for any driver so far this year – and he did it in just eight laps.
Renault test driver Markelov’s father arrested in Sochi
2018 F1 season
Posted onValery Markelov, the father of Renault test driver and Formula Two racer Artem Markelov, has been arrested in relation to an ongoing corruption investigation in Russia.
Brawn defends ‘unattractive’ Mercedes team orders
2018 Russian Grand Prix
Posted onFormula 1 motorsport director and former Mercedes team principal Ross Brawn has defended the team’s decision to tell Valtteri Bottas to hand victory in Sunday’s race to his team mate.
F1 tried to extend Sochi DRS zone for race
2018 Russian Grand Prix
Posted onF1 tried to extend Sochi’s DRS zone after complaints from Lewis Hamilton and other drivers in practice. Hamilton suggested running the track backwards.
No backsies for Bottas: Hamilton wins on Mercedes team orders
2018 Russian Grand Prix review
Posted onIt was an unhappy podium at Sochi as Lewis Hamilton was handed victory by team mate Valtteri Bottas and Sebastian Vettel saw his title hopes fade.
Honda’s new spec three engine is better than Renault’s – Tost
2018 Russian Grand Prix
Posted onToro Rosso team principal Franz Tost says the new version of Honda’s power unit has moved the Japanese manufacturer ahead of Renault.
Mercedes “did the right thing” with team orders, says rival
2018 Russian Grand Prix
Posted onMercedes’ use of team orders on Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas in the Russian Grand Prix has been backed by one of their rival teams.
Paddock Diary: Russian Grand Prix day four
2018 Russian Grand Prix
Posted onFormula 1 must learn the value of simplicity, reflects Dieter Rencken in the final edition of his Russian Grand Prix Paddock Diary.
Hamilton willing to give Bottas a win back
2018 Russian Grand Prix
Posted onLewis Hamilton says he is prepared to hand Valtteri Bottas a victory in return for the one his team mate gave him in today’s Russian Grand Prix.
Vote for your 2018 Russian Grand Prix Driver of the Weekend
2018 Russian Grand Prix
Posted onWho was the best driver during the 2018 Russian Grand Prix weekend? Compare how they did and vote for the best.
2018 Russian Grand Prix interactive data: lap charts, times and tyres
2018 Russian Grand Prix
Posted onThe 2018 edition of the Russian Grand Prix did little to alter the Sochi Autodrom’s reputation for producing processional races.
McLaren ‘lacking ambition’ complains Alonso after missing fastest lap
2018 Russian Grand Prix
Posted onFernando Alonso said McLaren were “lacking ambition” after he again pushed for a chance to set the fastest lap of the race at the end of the Russian Grand Prix.
Gasly feared debris would hit his eye in “really scary” incident
2018 Russian Grand Prix
Posted onPierre Gasly suffered a near-miss when debris struck his helmet visor near his eye on the first lap of the Russian Grand Prix.
Mercedes were prepared to let Bottas beat Hamilton – Wolff
2018 Russian Grand Prix
Posted onValtteri Bottas would have been allowed to win the Russian GP if Mercedes hadn’t felt the need to use him to protect Lewis Hamilton from Sebastian Vettel.
Force India drivers admit positions change didn’t work
2018 Russian Grand Prix
Posted onThe Force India drivers felt the team gained nothing from swapping their positions twice during the race to pass Kevin Magnussen.
2018 Russian Grand Prix in pictures
F1 Pictures
Posted onThe 2018 Russian Grand Prix in pictures.